Leviticus 16:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites, all their transgressions, and all their sins. He shall put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness in the custody of a man appointed for the task.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send it away by the hand of a suitable man into the wilderness:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a man that is in readiness into the wilderness:

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    ad let Aaro put both his handes apon the heede of the lyue goote, and confesse ouer him all the mysdeades of the childern of Israell, and all their trespaces, and all their synnes: and let him put them apo the heed of the goote ad sende him awaye by the handes of one that is acoynted in the wyldernesse.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The shal Aaron laie both his hades vpo ye heade of him, & confesse ouer him all the mysdedes of ye childre of Israel, & all their trespaces in their synnes, & shal laye the vpo ye heade of the goate, & by some man yt is at hande, shal he let him runne in to the wildernes:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Aaron shal put both his handes vpon the head of the liue goate, & confesse ouer him al the iniquities of the children of Israel, & all their trespasses, in all their sinnes, putting them vpon the head of the goate, & shal sende him away (by the hand of a man appointed) into the wildernes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Aaron shall put both his handes vpon the head of the liue goate, and confesse ouer hym all the misdeedes of the chyldren of Israel, and all their trespasses in all their sinnes, puttyng them vppon the head of the goate, and send him away by the hand of a conuenient man, into the wyldernesse.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send [him] away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Aaron hath laid his two hands on the head of the living goat, and hath confessed over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, and hath put them on the head of the goat, and hath sent `it' away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a man that is in readiness into the wilderness:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a man that is in readiness into the wilderness:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And Aaron, placing his two hands on the head of the living goat, will make a public statement over him of all the evil doings of the children of Israel and all their wrongdoing, in all their sins; and he will put them on the head of the goat and send him away, in the care of a man who will be waiting there, into the waste land.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Aaron is to lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins, and thus he is to put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the desert by the hand of a man standing ready.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 53:6 : 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
  • Dan 9:3-9 : 3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking Him in prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. 4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: 'O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, 5 we have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commandments and judgments. 6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and to all the people of the land. 7 Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but shame covers our faces today—to the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where You have driven them because of their unfaithfulness to You. 8 O LORD, shame covers us—our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors—because we have sinned against You. 9 The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him. 10 We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by following His instructions, which He gave us through His servants the prophets. 11 All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice. So the curse and oath written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us because we have sinned against Him. 12 He has carried out His words that He spoke against us and our rulers who governed us, bringing on us a great disaster. Nothing like it has ever been done under the entire heaven as what has been done in Jerusalem. 13 As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and gaining insight into Your truth. 14 Therefore, the LORD has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything He does, yet we have not obeyed His voice. 15 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and made a name for Yourself that endures to this day, we have sinned and acted wickedly. 16 O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, let Your anger and wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. For because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of scorn to all those around us. 17 Now, our God, hear the prayer and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary. 18 Incline Your ear, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our pleas before You on account of our righteousness, but because of Your great mercy. 19 Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, pay attention and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, my God, because Your city and Your people bear Your name. 20 While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning the holy mountain of my God,
  • Rom 10:10 : 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation.
  • Exod 29:10 : 10 Bring the bull to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
  • Lev 1:4 : 4 You are to lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you.
  • Lev 5:5 : 5 When someone realizes their guilt in one of these matters, they must confess the sin they have committed.
  • Lev 26:40 : 40 But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness with which they were unfaithful to me, and also how they walked contrary to me—
  • Ezra 10:1 : 1 While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping, and falling facedown in front of the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, because the people were weeping bitterly.
  • Neh 1:6-7 : 6 let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you. 7 We have acted very corruptly against you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees, and laws you gave your servant Moses.
  • Neh 9:3-5 : 3 They stood in their places and read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and for another quarter, they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God. 4 Standing on the platform of the Levites were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to the LORD their God. 5 Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said: Stand up and bless the LORD your God who is from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be Your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
  • Ps 32:5 : 5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.
  • Ps 51:3 : 3 Be gracious to me, O God, according to your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of your compassion, blot out my transgressions.
  • Prov 28:13 : 13 The one who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 16:22-23
    2 verses
    90%

    22The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities to a desolate land, and he shall release the goat into the wilderness.

    23Then Aaron shall enter the tent of meeting, take off the linen garments he put on when he entered the Holy Place, and leave them there.

  • Lev 16:18-20
    3 verses
    86%

    18Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He shall take some of the bull's blood and some of the goat's blood and put it on all the horns of the altar.

    19He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

    20When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat.

  • Lev 16:5-11
    7 verses
    83%

    5From the Israelite community he is to take two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

    6Aaron is to offer the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household.

    7Then he is to take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

    8He is to cast lots for the two goats—one lot for the LORD and the other for Azazel.

    9Aaron shall bring the goat whose lot falls to the LORD and sacrifice it as a sin offering.

    10But the goat chosen by lot for Azazel shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness to Azazel.

    11Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household. He is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.

  • Lev 4:23-24
    2 verses
    81%

    23When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect.

    24He shall lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

  • Lev 8:14
    79%

    14Moses brought forward the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

  • 2 Chr 29:23
    78%

    23Finally, the goats for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.

  • Lev 16:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26The man who releases the goat to Azazel must wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; afterward, he may come into the camp.

    27The bull and goat used for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp. Their hides, flesh, and dung are to be burned up.

  • Lev 1:4
    77%

    4You are to lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you.

  • Exod 29:19
    76%

    19Then take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.

  • Exod 29:15
    76%

    15Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.

  • Lev 8:18
    76%

    18Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

  • Lev 16:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15He shall also slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood inside the curtain. He shall do with its blood as he did with the bull's blood: He is to sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it.

    16In this way, he will make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been. He is to do the same for the tent of meeting, which is among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

  • Num 28:22
    75%

    22Also, present one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

  • Num 8:12
    75%

    12The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer one of them as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.

  • Lev 3:13
    75%

    13He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it before the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.

  • Num 28:30
    75%

    30And include one male goat to make atonement for you.

  • Lev 4:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

    28when they become aware of the sin they have committed, they must bring as an offering a female goat without defect for the sin they have committed.

    29They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.

  • Lev 8:22
    74%

    22Moses presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

  • Exod 29:10
    74%

    10Bring the bull to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.

  • Lev 4:33
    73%

    33They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering in the place where the burnt offerings are slaughtered.

  • Num 29:5
    73%

    5Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

  • Exod 28:38
    73%

    38It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the guilt of the holy things that the Israelites consecrate as their sacred gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so they may find acceptance before the LORD.

  • Lev 5:6
    73%

    6They shall bring their guilt offering to the LORD for the sin they have committed: a female sheep or goat from the flock as a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for them concerning their sin.

  • Num 7:40
    72%

    40One male goat for a sin offering.

  • Lev 4:15
    72%

    15The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

  • Num 7:82
    72%

    82One male goat for a sin offering.

  • Num 7:52
    72%

    52One male goat for a sin offering.

  • Num 7:22
    72%

    22One male goat for a sin offering.

  • Num 15:27
    72%

    27If a single person sins unintentionally, they must present a one-year-old female goat as a sin offering.

  • Num 7:46
    72%

    46One male goat for a sin offering.

  • Num 7:16
    72%

    16One male goat for a sin offering.

  • Num 7:76
    72%

    76One male goat for a sin offering.

  • Lev 19:22
    72%

    22The priest will make atonement for him before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven for the sin he has committed.

  • Num 7:28
    72%

    28One male goat for a sin offering.

  • Lev 16:3
    72%

    3Aaron is to enter the Most Holy Place in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

  • Ezek 43:25
    71%

    25For seven days, you shall prepare a male goat daily as a sin offering. You shall also prepare a young bull and a ram from the flock without blemish.

  • Lev 9:2
    71%

    2He said to Aaron, 'Take a young calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.'